Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-01
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gamers snoJ down between an unuerbdker
shop and q tombstone makers yard. But
the hiarity of the coaster is healthful. and
he doesn't mind any little suggestiveness OF
that sort. Indeed the undertaken ought to
should be seized upon moonIiJ nights and
put to playful use.
A PICTURE by Claude has been discovered
and bought for CT. 1t is valued at $4,000. 1t
was originally stolen from private house in
Paris by the notorious thief Dufour. After
being exhibited in pawnbroker's window
Tor some ,lne 10 WAS bought by man named
| Deusch. This gentleman knew the value Of
his find, and informed the authorities at the
Louvre, in which gallery the picture now
hangs.
WILLIAM FULTON, a wealthy farmer of In
dependence, o., who is SUNG for divorce from
his second wife, Rcbecca, testified the other
| day that, being unable to keep any papers or
other vauables in the house without his wife
| getting them, he made a package of them and
| nut IL In the manger of his big bull They
were pretty safe there" said Mr.. Fulton. be-
| cause it wasn't safe for any one on the farm
except myself to go near the animal. He was
a very handy bull"
THERE is sexton in West Springfield,
Mass, who deserves notice because he
knows the value Of ventilation and how to
| cure it. The other evening when the prayer
| meeting room was well filled and the air be-
| came bad, he waited for pause in the SER
| vices and then said if the congregation would
all ARISE LOT lew moments he WOulu ven
| tlate the room. They arose, and he opened
| windows and door, let bad air out and good
| ar in, and thcn the congregation sat down
| feeling better and the services went on
! briskly.
"WHo" asks the Memphis Appeal, Cooked
to the South for a butter supply? Yet we
| have now creameries to put the yield of milk
to profit We have good Southern agricul-
| tural journals. In them writers correspond
| with eagerhess about grain, alfalfa, the Dill
ierent grasses, bee culture, and host OF sim
! liar matters. All these things show that
| light is breaking through. and that the con-
viction is growing strong among the people
| that All cotton is superstition, remnant
| OF past that has ceased 20 exist, an mi hInk
ing following in cd ruts just because they are
old"
ARTHUR II. SAUNDERS and Alfred W.
Granger, Of Westfeld, Mass, were recently
| arrested for violating the Lords day by fish
ing for pickerel through the ice at Southwc elk
ponds on a sunday. Al the trial they pro-
duced several witnesses to prove that their
catching of p fish was a work of charity, and
was not done until attempts had been made
to buy Que to satisfy the craving of a sick Wo-
| man. One Of Southwcks doctors testified
| that he had ordered fish for young Saun-
ders' mother, who was recovering from
| serious illness, The young men were dis
| charged.
REV. E. c. JOHNSON OF Trinity Church,
Bristol, Conn, was walking with dignifed
stride down the street on a recent day, when
he came upon slippery spot and narrowly
| escaped a fall. As he was paving the air 10
| keep on his feet, big railroad man cane
along and remarked with grin: 'Guess
| mother drink VIII just bout fetch you" Mr..
johnson strg ghtencd up and inquired with
severe dignity, "Whats that, sir?'' "'Sother
drnk'll bout fetch you, replied the sympa-
thizng railroad man. And he walked on.
leaving the astonished Clergyman staring
| after him.
| tIo ba all
divorce case In Providence, when he init
mated that the women present might better
90 ont than stay and hear the unsayory testi-
! moDy, reminds the Boston, Post of another
Judge in very much such q case. NotIcing
that there we're iot of women in court. he
warned them that the Testimony was likely
| to be of cAarace err unfit fortheir cars, and
| said he hoped ali decent women would leave
| the roOm. After short interval during
which not one of them stirred, the Magistrate
| rose and said, addressing the court crier:
Mr. L, turn all the other women out"
PROF. ALLAN MARQuAND. 81 Princeton
College, has purchased the magnificent estate
formerly owned by JudgeEie 4 in that town,
and known lar and wide as the most beauti-
| full and extensive country scat in that region.
Many walk have the, Princeton students
| taken in those giounds, especially "after
| chapel" Of 81 summer Afternoon; and the IA
nous Lovers Lance Ia. the SOU heTn boun-
Diary OF FRI. MarqUaRdls new home. The
| rich professors, each owning q charming
| country seat, 10 say nothing Of the splendid
country seat which hcr tresi .ent occupies.
SAYS the marriage license clerk of st.
Louis: Il issue marriage licenses to people
| who have been divorced almost daily.
moment ago l issued a license to couple
who had just been divorced. They had got
| rid of their former partners and arranged 10
| marry each other nj the same time. | Away
| ask applicants for licenses Whather they have
! been married before, and elicit from them
! whether they ere widows or WlSQwers. Il
/ have been married and dtvurcedV is u re-
Spouse | receive about a5 often any other.
| These people do not appear To consider di-
| yorce ANY more fdscrcditable than to be n
| widow OF Il widower 1t looks as if divorces
/ were really fashionable"
THE other day c. E. Lowe and Workmen
Patterson and Stark went to san Antoine,
Cal, 10 put up fence on piece of land that
| Lowe had preempted last May, but which
was claimed by Mrs. A. E. alker. When
! tney began work Mrs. Walker appeared with
double-harrelled SHOTGUN and ordered them
| To desist, which they refused TO do. che then
| tOu them she would shoot If they did not
stop. Lowe cried LET her go,' and Mrs.
! Walker shot both barrels al them. The shot
! scattered a struck Loves face around the
| eyes and fore cad ana Patterson's nose. IL
| did not hurt them very seriously. Mrs. Walk
er went to Soledad ard gave herself up. The
| young men went for medical treatment
ZACHARIAH HARTMAN. OF Mduch Chunk.
tried TO cross the Lehigh river on the ice near
Drifton junction and broke through. He had
been IN the water nearly an hour, when a
brakeman on a passing tram saw him and
| gave he alarm when the train reached the
| station. Conductor Arndt at once pulled the
| bell rope out OF the cars OF his tram, and W th
| a lot Of his men ran up the track. They
! found Hartman forty feet from shore. cling
| ing to the ice, unable TO move ana onty p4I ~
conscious. Two boards were laid on the ict,
! but tney were not long enough to reach HIM.
| Then Conductor ATndJ made a nuose in the
| rome. and swinging 1t around ana around,
! cast it toward the inn erl'ed man. Tae
| moose spread out aud set ed over his head
| amt shoulders, and in jiGy the railroad men
| had him on solid land. 1t was two hours be-
| fore Hartman could speak.
WHEN Queen Victoria went to Frogmors
fortnight ago she was accompanied by such
of her children as are in England. and many
of her grandchildren were with her. 1t was
the twenty-Gfth anniversary of the Prince